The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Redundancy retirement

32.—(1) This regulation applies where an officer transition member other than one to whom regulation 33 applies—

(a) becomes entitled to payment of a premature retirement pension pursuant to regulation 81 of the 2015 Regulations;

(b) claims that pension; and

(c) is under—

(i) age 60, in the case of a member of the 1995 Section; or

(ii) age 65, in the case of a member of the 2008 Section.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the member also becomes entitled to payment of a pension in respect of relevant pensionable service in the old scheme in consideration of the termination of that member’s employment by reason of redundancy pursuant to—

(a) regulation E6 of the 2011 Regulations; or

(b) regulation 2.D.11 of the 2013 Regulations.

(3) In this regulation, “relevant pensionable service” does not include—

(a) service from an employment that commenced when the member was eligible to be an active member of the old scheme and is a continuing employment in respect of which the member has elected to continue to accrue rights pursuant to regulation 99(5) of the 2015 Regulations;

(b) if regulation 99(9) of the 2015 Regulations applies to the member—

(i) service to which Schedule 1 to the 2011 Regulations applies; or

(ii) service to which Part 3 of the 2013 Regulations applies.